Cutter



C. R. CHANG July 23, 1940.

CUTTER Filed May 8, 1939 Cilia/zany ATTORNEVS Patented July 23, 1940 UNITED STATES 2,209,;ll2f

PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The invention relates to a cutter and more especially to an egg cutter.

The primary object of the invention is the provision .of a device of this character wherein a hard 5 boiled egg can be conveniently held so that it mayv be sliced or cut into a plurality of fragments and these having ornamental shape following symmetrical lines so that the cut particles can be dressed on a salad or other food product for ornamentation thereto.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character wherein the egg is supported in a novel manner so that it can be cut into a number of parts and these having a variety of shapes whereby the parts when used upon edibles will be decorative thereto on the serving of the same, the device being of novel construction and is manually operated.

A further object of the invention is the provi- 20 sion of a device of this character which is extremely simple in its construction, thoroughly reliable and efiicient in operation, possessed of few parts, these being assembled with each other for the quick and fanciful cutting of hard boiled 25 eggs or the like, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, il-

30 lustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

35 Figure 1 is an elevation of the device constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the cutting unit of the device.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the saddling part of the holder for the egg.

Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the device showing an egg placed therein and dotted lines in contradistinction to the full lines being indicative of the line of cut of the Figure 5 1s a tool or implement employed for the removal of the out parts of the egg.

Figure 6 is an edge elevation of this tool.

Similar reference characters indicate corre- 50 sponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates generally the device constituting the present invention and comprises a holder involving 55 a flat disc-like base ID from which rises from the uppermost space thereof close to the outer periphery upstanding or vertical posts II which are uniformly spaced from each other and are of corresponding length one to the other, being rigidly joined with the base.

Arranged within the holder is a saddling unit in the form of a dished triple arm spider [2 its arms 13 being curved laterally and upwardly and are formed with terminal clips H! which partially ures 1, 3 and 4 of the drawing. Within this saddling unit is placed the hard boiled egg l to be cut or-sliced. The arms l3 of the'spider l2 carry spurs l 6 to bight into the egg l5 when within the saddling unit to hold it fixed during the 15 cutting operation.

Encircling the posts I! is a cutting unit involving a ring I! carrying crossed taut cutting wires 18, these being united to the ring in any suitable manner for the holding of the same in a taut condition, the crossing point of the wires l8 being at the center of the ring and such wires from this center extend radially outwardly therefrom. Any number of wires may be used. The ring H with the wires l8 carried thereby is turned concentrically about the posts and moved upwardly or downwardly away from or toward the base I ll of the holder and when moving toward the said base the egg l5 will be sliced or cut into a plurality of parts, the turning of the ring I! 6 being for diverging the line of cut of the wires l8 so that the slices cut will be irregularly sliced as will appear from the dotted lines in Figure 4 of the drawing. By reason of the manipulation of the ring I! with the wires l8 a variety of fancy cut pieces can be had in the slicing or cutting of the hard boiled egg I5 when within the saddling unit and these pieces are employed for decorative purposes in the dressing of salads or other edibles.

The clips M of the arms l3 of the saddling unit 40 can be slipped off of the posts I I and in this manner the cleaning or washing of thegdevice is fat-- cilitated and also assures a sanitary condition thereto.

In Figures 5 and 6 of the drawing there is shown atool for use with the device and includes a forked head l9 extending from a shank 20 having an eye terminal 2| by which the tool can be hung up when not in use. The forked head l9 enables in the use of the tool'the removal of the cut or sliced pieces of egg 15 from the saddling unit of the device, the tool being particularly for this purpose.

What is claimed is: I

A device of the character described comprising base, a dished saddling unit arranged between the posts and having a triple-armed spider formed with terminal clips partially embracing the posts to have the spider rest upon said base,

said spider being formed with spurs for holding an egg when within the saddle unit, a ring en- I circling said posts for'rotation and sliding movement thereon, and cutting wires arranged within the ring and disposed for crossing each other at the central axis of said ring.

CARLOS R. CHANG. 

